And those are two issues that are very important to me and so many other people in my district. We actually increased the defense budget, the defense appropriations, by $27 billion. And this was important because we had some really great wins for our military. It provided for a 5.2% pay raise for our military men and women, which is the highest they've gotten in 20 years. (00:59–01:06)
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